TAPS Friendsgiving - Baton Rouge
December 5, 2023, 5:30 PM-8:00 PM Central
This event is open to military adult survivors.
We welcome you to join us for a TAPS Friendsgiving: Dinner with Esteemed Guest Speaker, Dr. Frank Campbell.
This November and into December, our TAPS family is leaning into the idea of Friendsgiving. Even in the strange, imperfect grief world, we can still get together and celebrate what we know to be true - that we aren’t alone, that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, and that it does help to share pie or turkey sandwiches with people who “get it.”
TAPS Friendsgiving is an opportunity to support your local survivor community, or you may want to find a local survivor community. Attending a Friendsgiving event is a great opportunity to do both. We hope you can join us!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815
Registration is required: Once you receive your registration confirmation, you will receive additional information for this event.
Attire: Casual. We welcome survivors to wear any TAPS attire and/or photo button of their loved one if they have them available.
Cost: Free
Food: Dinner is provided.
Guest Speaker
Frank Campbell, PhD, LCSW, CT
Dr. Frank Campbell is the Executive Director Emeritus of the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, where he is developing the first National Training Center for Suicidology. He is also Senior Consultant for Campbell and Associates Consulting where he consults with communities on Active Postvention efforts and Forensic Suicidology cases. During his more than thirty years of working with those bereaved by suicide he introduced his Active Postvention Model (APM) in 1997 it is most commonly known as the LOSS Team (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors). His work with survivors and victims of trauma has been featured in three discovery channel documentaries, multiple professional journals, and several book chapters. Frank has been a consultant to TAPS for years, beginning with the very first National Military Suicide Survivor Seminar in 2009.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please reach out to tapstogethers@taps.org
About TAPS Togethers
Community is important! This is why we create a broad variety of opportunities to bring the TAPS family together. TAPS Togethers are one-day, organized, social events across the country, led by TAPS Staff or a survivor like you, with the goal of expanding our peer support community.
If there is not a TAPS Togethers event in your area, consider hosting one. You know your community best! Perhaps you know of a simple cost-effective way to bring TAPS families together for a day of hope and healing in your area. We would love to hear from you! Please submit your idea and we will connect with you to explore the possibilities.
For more information about TAPS Togethers, please email tapstogethers@taps.org or call us at 800-959-TAPS (8277).